Then one of them, which was a lawyer, asked him a question, tempting him, and saying,
Parallel translations
- WEB One of them, a lawyer, asked him a question, testing him.
- BSB One of them, an expert in the law, tested Him with a question:
- NKJV Then one of them, a lawyer, asked Him a question, testing Him, and saying,
- NASB And one of them, a lawyer, asked Him a question, testing Him:
- NLT One of them, an expert in religious law, tried to trap him with this question:
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A lawyer among them tests Jesus with a question. The inquiry, though a test, draws out a profound answer.
Overview
An expert in the Mosaic law steps forward to probe Jesus, continuing the pattern of hostile testing. Though his motive is to challenge, the question about the law's heart gives Jesus opportunity to summarize true righteousness. Even an adversarial question becomes the occasion for enduring teaching.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 8
- Luke 7:30But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the counsel of God against themselves, being not baptized of him.
- Luke 10:25–37And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted him, saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?
- Luke 11:45–46Then answered one of the lawyers, and said unto him, Master, thus saying thou reproachest us also.
- Luke 14:3And Jesus answering spake unto the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath day?
- Luke 11:52Woe unto you, lawyers! for ye have taken away the key of knowledge: ye entered not in yourselves, and them that were entering in ye hindered.
- Matt 22:18But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, Why tempt ye me, ye hypocrites?
- Titus 3:13Bring Zenas the lawyer and Apollos on their journey diligently, that nothing be wanting unto them.
- Mark 10:2And the Pharisees came to him, and asked him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife? tempting him.
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